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The church was an institution that set many strict standards on society. In Blake’s poem, “The Garden of Love”, we see the church as the sublime figure that enforces religious and social morals on the people. It is evident that Blake is writing from personal experience. He says that he went into the garden and there stood a chapel. It was built on the fields on which he used to play. (Imperceptibly, the game of love.) The doors of the chapel were very distressing. “Thou shalt not” was written above the doors of the chapel. It is unmistakable that the church was repressing him sexually. Because many people were sexually repressed at this time, love became a cemetery. The standards set by the church made it impossible for anyone to play the games of
